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Parippu, Aymanam, Kottayam district, Kerala · 9.6197°, 76.4771°
An east-facing Shiva temple at Parippu in Aymanam panchayat, Kottayam district, whose present structure is dated to 825 CE and which is counted among the 108 Shivalayas of Kerala. It is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board. Note: the article's coordinate (9.6197, 76.4771) is used here in place of the Wikidata point about 7 km away.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Tradition explains the temple's two Balikkalpuras, unique in Kerala, as the work of two rival rajas who each built their own frontage so as never to meet the other.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Edappalli (Madathil Raja)
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